WHO guideline on the prevention and management of wasting and nutritional oedema (acute malnutrition) in infants and children under 5 years

Download or read book WHO guideline on the prevention and management of wasting and nutritional oedema (acute malnutrition) in infants and children under 5 years written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2024-02-22 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guideline will have new recommendations on the prevention of wasting and on the clinical management of moderate wasting. It will also update and consolidate the recommendations in the 2013 WHO guidelines for severe acute malnutrition[1] which covered eight broad areas in identification and treatment of infants and children with severe wasting and oedema and also included a limited number of recommendations for infants under six months of age.